Anthony Joshua faces one of the biggest nights of his career on Saturday, with his fight against Jermaine Franklin hoped to spark a return to form for the two-time heavyweight champion of the world.
'AJ' has lost three of his last five fights, with his record having been hit hard by defeats to Andy Ruiz Jr and Oleksandr Usyk, the latter of those winning successive fights against the Londoner. However, he remains one of the biggest names in the sport and will hope to mount a return to form with a victory against Franklin.
The American had previously held an unbeaten start to his career, winning on his first 20 outings. However, he lost on his UK debut against Dillian Whyte, with a tight loss on points against the former WBC interim world heavyweight champion, meaning that he has a 21-1 record with 14 knockouts.
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Joshua has weighed in his heaviest career weight of 255.4 lbs (115.8kg), holding a significant weight advantage over Franklin, who stepped onto the scales on Friday at 234.12 lbs (106.2kg). He will be hoping that this will provide him with extra power, with new trainer Derrick James expected to bring a change of approach for the former Olympic gold medallist.
Here is Joshua's record to date ahead of his fight against Jermaine Franklin.
Anthony Joshua fight record
- Professional record: 24-3-0
- KOs: 22
- Rounds: 112
- Professional debut: 05/10/13
- beat Emanuele Leo by TKO – 05/10/13
- beat Paul Butlin by TKO – 26/10/13
- beat Hrvoje Kisicek by TKO – 14/11/13
- beat Dorian Darch by TKO – 01/02/14
- beat Hector Alfredo Avila by KO – 01/03/14
- beat Matt Legg by KO – 31/05/14
- beat Matt Skelton by TKO – 12/07/14
- beat Konstantin Airich by TKO – 13/09/14
- beat Denis Bakhtov by TKO – 11/10/14
- beat Michael Sprott by TKO – 22/11/14
- beat Jason Gavern by KO – 04/04/15
- beat Raphael Zumbano by TKO – 09/05/15
- beat Kevin Johnson by TKO – 30/05/15
- beat Gary Cornish by TKO – 12/09/15
- beat Dillian Whyte by TKO – 12/12/15
- beat Charles Martin by KO – 09/04/16
- beat Dominic Breazeale by TKO – 25/06/16
- beat Eric Molina by TKO – 10/12/16
- beat Wladimir Klitschko by TKO – 29/04/17
- beat Carlos Takam by TKO – 28/10/17
- beat Joseph Parker by UD – 31/03/18
- beat Alexander Povetkin by TKO – 22/09/18
- lost to Andy Ruiz Jr. by TKO – 01/06/19
- beat Andy Ruiz Jr. by UD – 07/12/19
- beat Kubrat Pulev by KO – 12/12/2020
- lost to Oleksandr Usyk by UD - 25/09/2021
- lost to Oleksandr Usyk by SD - 20/08/2021
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